NEA daily crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Gentle one

5 Shaggy beasts

9 Jo’s sister

12 Essayist’s pen name 13 Kitchen appliance 14 Court

15 Fishing gear

16 In a friendly manner 18 Vast

20 Sauce with basil 21 Spanish article

22 “-- a Rebel”

23 Shoulder muscles 26 Vacation spot

29 Sports off.

30 “Annie Get -- Gun” 32 Pike’s discovery 34 Poet’s adverb

36 Not more

38 MacGraw of the movies 39 Made a foray

41 Felt optimistic

43 -- -Magnon

44 Take a snooze

45 Sticky

48 Part of FDIC

52 Broken beyond repair 54 Pleasant

55 Cash giver, for short 56 Changed color 57 Madame Bovary 58 Unruly crowd 59 Chop -60 Cattail

DOWN

1 Comedian Jay -2 Obi-Wan player

3 Tiny insect

4 Igneous rock 5 Meditators

6 With, to Maurice 7 Understanding

8 Curlew cousins

9 Belt maker’s tools 10 Lose feathers

11 Toy on a string (hyph.) 17 Noted fabulist

19 Too curious

22 That girl’s

23 Horse color

24 Arab VIP

25 Org. for Annika Sorenstam

26 Wept over

27 Do a farm job 28 Narrative

31 Ersatz butter 33 Nanny’s charge 35 Bumpkins 37 Upstream spawner 40 Tree nymphs 42 Game one

44 Poor

45 Pacific island 46 Golden rule word 47 Without feeling 48 Run away from 49 Icy coating 50 Summit

51 Soft metal 53 Provo inst.